c7i-flex.8xlarge
c7i-flex.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.357 per hour on demand ($990.32 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.8974 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.4617 per hour. It is sold in 30 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $1.329 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr reserved | 3-yr reserved | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $1.329 | $0.2747 | $0.8824 | $0.6031 | $1.009 | $0.6887 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $1.329 | $0.38 | $0.8824 | $0.6031 | $1.009 | $0.6887 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $1.357 | $0.4891 | $0.8981 | $0.6152 | $1.034 | $0.7066 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $1.357 | $0.2723 | $0.8974 | $0.6154 | $1.055 | $0.7043 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $1.357 | $0.4617 | $0.8974 | $0.5972 | $0.9803 | $0.6549 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $1.357 | $0.2889 | $0.8974 | $0.5972 | $0.9803 | $0.6549 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $1.357 | $0.5226 | $0.8974 | $0.5972 | $0.9804 | $0.655 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $1.424 | – | $0.9423 | $0.6271 | $1.029 | $0.6877 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $1.452 | $0.2934 | $0.9607 | $0.6586 | $1.058 | $0.7278 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $1.455 | $0.211 | $0.9635 | $0.6635 | $1.112 | $0.7603 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $1.456 | $0.7328 | $0.9635 | $0.6637 | $1.112 | $0.7605 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $1.484 | $0.4474 | $0.9854 | $0.6516 | $1.126 | $0.7154 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $1.532 | $0.3009 | $1.012 | $0.6964 | $1.166 | $0.7998 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $1.537 | – | – | – | $1.167 | $0.8002 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $1.548 | $0.6391 | $1.021 | $0.7023 | $1.178 | $0.8032 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $1.564 | $0.1564 | $1.038 | $0.7094 | $1.187 | $0.8101 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $1.564 | $0.6498 | $1.038 | $0.7096 | $1.187 | $0.8103 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $1.612 | $0.3301 | $1.066 | $0.7312 | $1.226 | $0.8434 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $1.612 | $0.4293 | $1.064 | $0.7325 | $1.22 | $0.8395 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $1.612 | $0.5895 | $1.064 | $0.7324 | $1.228 | $0.841 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $1.628 | – | $1.077 | $0.6811 | $1.183 | $0.7457 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $1.63 | $0.1767 | $1.079 | $0.7433 | $1.246 | $0.8518 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $1.692 | $0.5981 | $1.117 | $0.7693 | $1.291 | $0.8896 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $1.703 | $0.3244 | $1.127 | $0.7725 | $1.351 | $0.9714 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $1.708 | $0.6649 | $1.126 | $0.7783 | $1.296 | $0.8891 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $1.724 | – | $1.14 | $0.7819 | $1.31 | $0.8918 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $1.772 | $0.7689 | $1.17 | $0.8049 | $1.299 | $0.9136 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $1.819 | $0.3649 | $1.146 | $0.786 | $1.441 | $1.002 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $1.86 | – | – | – | $1.364 | $0.9592 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $2.091 | $0.4397 | $1.381 | $0.9497 | $1.592 | $1.084 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $1.357 | $0.8974 | $0.5972 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $1.413 | – | – |
| SUSE | $1.482 | $0.9573 | $0.6512 |
| RHEL | $1.702 | $1.243 | $0.9428 |
| Linux SQL Web | $1.897 | $1.438 | $1.138 |
| RHEL HA | $2.15 | $1.691 | $1.391 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $2.243 | – | – |
| Windows | $2.755 | $2.296 | $1.996 |
| Windows SQL Web | $3.296 | $2.837 | $2.536 |
| Linux SQL Std | $5.197 | $4.737 | $4.437 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $5.542 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $5.99 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $6.595 | $6.136 | $5.836 |
| Linux SQL Ent | $13.357 | $12.897 | $12.597 |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $13.702 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $14.15 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $14.755 | $14.296 | $13.996 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 32 |
| Physical cores | 16 |
| Threads per core | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) |
| CPU maker | Intel |
| Clock speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 3.2 GHz |
| Processor features | Intel AMX; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 64 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 12.5 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 6.25 Gbps |
| Network peak | 12.5 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 8 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 30 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 5,000 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 625 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 20,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 32 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | c7i-flex.8xlarge |
| Family | c7i-flex |
| Category | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 64 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
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Other c7i-flex sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| c7i-flex.large | 2 | 4 | $0.0848 |
| c7i-flex.xlarge | 4 | 8 | $0.1696 |
| c7i-flex.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.3392 |
| c7i-flex.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.6783 |
| c7i-flex.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.357 |
| c7i-flex.12xlarge | 48 | 96 | $2.035 |
| c7i-flex.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.713 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.